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U.S. News

• Doctor Possibly Exposed Hundreds to TB
• From Brigham surgeons, the gift of a new face


• Diabetics cut back on health care in recession
• Walgreen offers some unemployed free clinic trips
• NEJM: Health Care and Medicaid - Weathering the Recession
• Autism Skews Developing Brain with Synchronous Motion and Sound
• Rapid Infant Weight Gain Linked to Childhood Obesity
• Norovirus outbreak closes college in Boston
• Hot Tea May Raise Esophageal Cancer Risk
• Morning-After Pill for Girls of All Ages?
• Black Women at Higher Risk for Aggressive Breast Tumors
• Deadly Bacteria Found At Miami Children's Hospital's Neonatal Unit
• Study: Average preemie costs $49K in first year
• EPIDEMIC- HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Hits 3%
• Obama To Reverse Funding Ban On Stem Cell Work
• Catholic hospitals could close doors under new federal abortion legislation
• Abortion clinic owner denies throwing newborn away after botched procedure
• US Clinic offering designer babies
• SITE - Center for 100% Gender selection

World News

• Medical tourists seeking surgical interventions abroad
• Planet Hospital - Medical tourism site
• The challenge of cancer control in Africa
• HIV-related TB deaths higher than past estimates
• Bolivia's Traditions, Diversity Impede AIDS Fight
• Indian doctors save boy impaled on iron rod
• Polio in sudan - high risk of international spread
• SNAPSHOT - Current status on world HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria
• The State of the World's Children 2009

Infectious Disease

• China Finds More Than 200 Deadly Tuberculosis Cases
• Oral Sex Virus Boosts Tonsil Cancer Rates in Sweden (Update1)
• 10 facts on preventing disease through healthy environments
• Male Circumcisions reduce HSV-2 and HPV Infections and Syphilis

Health Law & Policy

• House Health Plan to Include Government-Run Option
• A Health Plan for All and the Concerns It Raises
• Harvard's Blumenthal named national HHS health IT chief
• Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: What are the Options?
• REPORT - 1 in three Americans uninsured

Health Information Technology (HIT)

• Intel, GE Planning Partnership In Health
• Stimulus Sweet Spots
• iPhone healthcare app tracks Blood Pressure
• iPhone healthcare app for diabetes management
• Study: Remote Monitoring Prevents Re-hospitalization
• REPORT - Comprehensive EHR system used by only 1.5% of hospitals
• Experts propose network for sharing health data on Medicaid/Medicare patients
• Doctors Raise Doubts On Digital Health Data
• BR implements telemedicine program; second in the nation
• Wal-Mart plans to market digital health records system
• Rules engine touted for interstate exchange of health records
• File sharing software leaks Marine 1 Blueprints to Iran - Health info security implications?
• Employment impact of health IT stimulus
• Informatics-based Medical Procedure Assistance during Space Missions

Biotechnology

• Biometric identification using knee X-rays to prevent spoofing
• British scientists to create 'synthetic' blood
• Preventing bone loss during Spaceflight
• Why HIV vaccing eludes scientists
• Target May Provide a New Approach to Melanoma Treatment
• High Tech - Camera Pills, Health Sensors And Ultrasound Maps For Surgeons
• Simian HIV strain created in lab to study human HIV

Pharmachology

• Adverse drug reactions to tocolytic treatment for preterm labour
• Antibiotic Combo Defeats Extensively Drug-resistant TB

Education

• NEW - Harvard Medical School sponsored CME
• NEW - Medscape sponsored CME
• NEW - The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE sponsored CME
• Reference - State Specific CME Requirements

Other News

• Warren Buffett & an obscure Chinese electric car company

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